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Morons From Outer Space

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During a vacation from the planet Blob, four aliens experience a spaceship breakdown. Accidentally leaving relatively intelligent Bernard (Mel Smith) in space, the remaining crew -- Julian (Paul Brown), Desmond (Jimmy Nail) and Sandra (Joanne Pearce) -- crash into Earth, landing in the United Kingdom. Despite their stupidity, the extraterrestrials become celebrities. Meanwhile, Bernard tries to pursue them after arriving in Arizona, but his claims to be an alien lead to institutionalization.

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Eddie Harrison film-authority.com …some joy is taken for puncturing the Spielberg-ian sense of awe that suffused so many 80’s films… Rated: 3/5 Nov 30, 2023 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 3/5 Aug 8, 2005 Full Review Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Rated: 2/5 Feb 25, 2005 Full Review Christopher Null Filmcritic.com Rated: 1/5 Jan 23, 2003 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Morons From Outer Space PG-13 (sex and killing) - fantasy and action Sciencefiction Aliens Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/28/24 Full Review Audience Member There's a few chuckles in this sci-fi comedy about earth's first alien visitors being essentially a bunch of uneducated space truckers. Mel Smith co-wrote and stars in the film and somehow managed to snag respected British director Mike Hodges to helm the film. The picture was also shot by ace cinematographer Phil Meheux, who's done everything from multiple James Bond pictures to "The Smurfs" to "The Long Good Friday". However, the concept likely would have worked better as a short film or SNL skit than a feature length film and the plot drags on far too long. Worth a look, but nothing special. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Constantly funny, if you like dry British humor. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member The morons from outer space must have included Mike Hodges because this was just so stupid! Somewhat funny, at least. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member A 2 ou 3 gags prets, c'est quand même assez pénible comme film... Et dire que ca faisait plus de 25 ans que je voulais le voir... Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Classic Smith & Jones. A wacky movie. Perhaps hasn't aged that well, but full of laughs anyway. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis During a vacation from the planet Blob, four aliens experience a spaceship breakdown. Accidentally leaving relatively intelligent Bernard (Mel Smith) in space, the remaining crew -- Julian (Paul Brown), Desmond (Jimmy Nail) and Sandra (Joanne Pearce) -- crash into Earth, landing in the United Kingdom. Despite their stupidity, the extraterrestrials become celebrities. Meanwhile, Bernard tries to pursue them after arriving in Arizona, but his claims to be an alien lead to institutionalization.
Director
Mike Hodges
Producer
Barry Hanson
Screenwriter
Griff Rhys Jones, Mel Smith
Production Co
Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment
Rating
PG-13
Genre
Sci-Fi, Comedy
Original Language
British English
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 30, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA)
$72.3K
Runtime
1h 31m
Sound Mix
Surround